Bouton Belt Railroad Plans Major Improvements
The Cotton Belt lines will spend about 5 million dollars in the next year on new rails locomotives ballast and sidings to modernize tracks between Mt Pleasant Texarkana Camden Pine Bluff and other points. Major items include 1.9 million for rails 1.25 million for locomotives and 573 thousand for equipment upgrades as the line resumes postwar maintenance and handles its heaviest freight period.
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St. Louis
Memphis
Southwestern
Consid
Mt. Pleasant
Texarkana
Texas
Camden
Pine Bluff
Arkansas
Cotton Belt Lines
Land Auction Near Sipe Springs Seeks Bids
Receiver lists 125 acres five miles south and one mile east of Sipe Springs on the Comanche road. Stag Creek runs through tillable land leased for oil and gas with one dollar rent. No house. 35 acres cultivated. Sale aimed by October 1 with complete abstract and good title. J R Banes, Receiver. Bonner's Headache Medicine sold at Paris Smith's Drug Store.
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Sipe Springs
J. R. Banes
Notice to Public Prohibits Hunting and Trespassing
Public notice states no hunting is permitted on the premises of B. S. Lewis. Any trespassing is forbidden under penalty of law. Stamp shows unreadable line about product and dates, but indicates a formal warning and legal enforcement.
Cotton Palace to Aid Women Solve Domestic Problems
The Texas Cotton Palace in Waco runs Oct 30 to Nov 14 with a women section directed by Mrs. Lee Davis. Exhibits include domestic science experts, canning clubs, decorates tables, cotton modelling, and shows on labor saving devices and women’s daily use of cotton.
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Cotton Palace
Texas Cotton Palace
Waco
Lee Davis
Greater Texas Cotton Palace
Texas
Veterans of Wichita Falls fund trip for Confederate Reunion
Wichita Falls oil money funds pay all expenses for every Confederate Veteran from the city to travel to Houston for the October 5 to 8 reunion. Each veteran will receive a new grey uniform and a Boy Scout will accompany him. The plan was announced to Gen N B Forrest by District Judge Edgar Scurry.
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Houston
Tex
Wichita Falls
Oil City
Texas
W R. Scurry
Sons of
Gen. N. B. Forrest
The
Sons of Veterans
Ditrict
Edgar Scurry
Executive Council
the Sons
W. R. Scurry
Gen. Scurry
Carl Hinton
Deny Cole
Captol Avenue
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Sam B. Todd
W. L. Randall
Todd, Randall & Jennings
Todd & Jennings
Bouton Belt Railroad
T. Moore
South Side Square
Bonner
Paris Smith
B. S. Lewis
Canning Club
Vogue
Home Builders
Virginia Lumber Co
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